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单词 glittering
释义

glittering

adjective

glit·​ter·​ing ˈgli-tə-riŋ How to pronounce glittering (audio)
1
a
: shining with many bright points of light
Every few days a little glittering aeroplane appeared in the sky among the clouds and the circling hawks. Doris Lessing
And where the water had been trickling over and spurting through the dam there was now a glittering wall of icicles … C. S. Lewis
b
: shining with strong emotion
… after being misdirected almost consistently, she goes out in glory, with glittering eyes and a lewd smile. Pauline Kael
2
: brilliantly or showily impressive : dazzling
a glittering career
… the company today caters a glittering array of premiere social and corporate galas, from Poughkeepsie to Palm Beach. Robert Masello
also : superficially attractive or exciting
… they left behind the glittering social life of Orlando … Douglas Frantz et al.
glitteringly
ˈgli-tə-riŋ-lē How to pronounce glittering (audio)
adverb
His libretto is very bare, a skeleton of short, clear phrases on to which he has grafted slivers of music glitteringly alive thanks to his fine ear for sound. Richard Fairman

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

glittering 1 of 2

adjective

as in shimmering

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shimmering
  • gleaming
  • glimmering
  • glistening
  • sparkling
  • glinting
  • aglitter
  • glistering
  • twinkling
  • scintillating
  • shimmery
  • blinding
  • flashing
  • flickering
  • scintillant
  • agleam
  • glaring
  • winking
  • glancing
  • flaring
  • gemmy
  • flaming
  • blazing
  • coruscant
  • dazzling
  • shining
  • sunny
  • burnished
  • ablaze
  • shiny
  • polished
  • burning
  • fiery
  • candescent
  • shined
  • combusting
  • lambent
  • glowing
  • luminous
  • effulgent
  • incandescent
  • refulgent
  • radiant
  • ardent
  • splendid
  • lustrous
  • lucent
  • sheeny
  • beaming
  • bedazzling
  • fulgent
  • brilliant
  • red-hot
  • lucid
  • bright
  • clear
  • ultrabright
  • superbright

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dim
  • dusky
  • dull
  • dark
  • blackened
  • darkened
  • sombre
  • obscure
  • gloomy
  • lackluster
  • darkling
  • unlit
  • lightless
  • somber
  • shadowy
  • dimmed
  • darkish
  • murky
  • tenebrous
  • darksome
  • cloudy
  • obscured
  • pale
  • gray
  • unbright
  • grey
  • pitch-black
  • leaden
  • shady
  • pitch-dark
  • unbrilliant
  • sunless
  • shadowlike
  • palish
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glittering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of glitter
as in gleaming
to shoot forth bursts of light the queen's crown glittered under the glare of the TV lights

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • gleaming
  • shimmering
  • sparkling
  • glinting
  • glistening
  • shining
  • glimmering
  • flashing
  • twinkling
  • glowing
  • scintillating
  • glistering
  • spangling
  • coruscating
  • flaming
  • glancing
  • winking
  • dazzling
  • winkling
  • lustering
  • lustring
  • blinding
  • beaming
  • radiating
  • bedazzling
  • blazing
  • flaring
  • glaring
  • dazing
  • burning
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